Definitions for: Cockatoo

[n] white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds

Webster (1913) Definition: Cock`a*too, n. [Malayan kakat[=u]a.] (Zo["o]l.)
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuin[ae],
having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head
ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at
will. There are several genera and many species; as the
broad-crested (Plictolophus, or Cacatua, cristatus), the
sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great
black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus.

See Also: Cacatua, Cacatua galerita, genus Cacatua, genus Kakatoe, Kakatoe, Kakatoe galerita, Kakatoe leadbeateri, parrot, pink cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo

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